The Irish standard., 1887-12-17
CATHOLIC NEWS.
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Mass is said now every Sunday in th'
county jail at Springfield, Mass.
The new church at La Porte City, Ia.
is rapidly approaching completion.
Rev. Father Fitzpatrick, formerly o
Independence, Ia, is Che new pastor a
Belmont.
The Catholic church at Highland
Eis., was burned, November 80. Loss
$4,000; no Insurance.
A rafae Of chalice was proposed tt
be conducted in the archdiocese Of To
ronto. but it was put stop to by Arch
bishop Lynch.
The Jesuit Fathers Of st. Mary'f
Church, North End, Boston. have or
ganized Mems Sodalities of about 2, 200
mostly hard working men.
It is rumored in ecclesiastical circles
chat Rome is likely to make Detroit az
archiepiscopal See, and appoint Bishop
Marty to it.
At the request Of Bishop Hennessy, a
total abstinence society for young men
has heen formed by Father Mccormick
Of the Cathedral st Dubuque.
The Presbyterian ministers Of Balti-
more held meeting aid resolved to
anewer Cardinal Gibbons North Aineri-
can Review article on the public school
system.
The Catholic public will learn with
pleasure Of tie satisfactory adjustment
of She trouble shat has SO long existed
between Father Stack of the diocese of
Scranton and bishop O'Hara.
An order has been placed in Chicago
for new a!tar foy the chapel OF Creigh-
Ton College, al Omaha. The altar will
be 28x11, Of italian marble and granite,
with trimmings Of Mexican onyx. 1t
will cost, when completed, about SIS, GOO.
The Pope cab'ed plenary indulgence
for the hour Of death to Mother Mary
Frances Clarke, whose death at ST. Jo~
seph's Convent ia lows has been pub
]isbnd, as well az special blessing. The
dispensation OF plensry indulgences By
the Pope is rare,
lsev. A. Snigurski, pastor OF the Pol
ish Catholic Church, Scranton, Pa, has
established schooy for the educetion cf
the children Of his flock. It is his in
tent1on to have the school free one. It
will be supported by contributions.
Ihe Polish people are becoming an i2a~
postapt element in that community.
The Western Waterman says that tn:
news was received from Rome recently
shat the Holy Father had appointed
Father 2. j. Conway, vicar general OF
Chicago, to the new see of Springfield.
The announcement was hailed with ex-
preseions Of delight in, the new diocese
and where ever Father Conway was
known.
The Catholics Of Cleveland are to
celebrate the Pope's jubilee by holding
public meeting Oh December g. in
Music Hall, at which speeches in ali the
languages used il the diocese, amonnt-
ing to eight, will be made. together
with a telegram of congratulation. An
address, beautifully engrossed, will also
be f,,rw rdsd to the Holy Father to-
getl,er with The Peter-Pence.
Archbishop Corrigan has found a
pri' st in his AlcLd,ocese willing to take
the post OF Catholic Chaplain in the
navy, which Secretary Whitney IT,
forc1-d him was vacant and gave him
the choice Of nsn1i,g The selection is
the Rev. Hugh j. Kelly, an assistant to
St. Teresa's Church III Rutgers street
Father Kelly was ordained III 1879. He
will be pail 81 500 g year at sea, and
$2,000on shore duty.
Father Alfred Young. the Paulis',
wants ongrtg.tlopal singing at Mass
and Vespers. The present method, he
says. relegates the people iuto the posi-
ton OF all audieuc, who no longer take
part in the Sacrifice and prayers, but
listen to a church concert s'Cholr
singing" he adds, sis the human idea
supplanting the divine idea" and to
this change he attributes tthe present
ignorance of divine truth among the
masses. and their lack Of hearty, intel
igent DEVOTION
A Pitttsburg, Pa, dispatch of Dec 8
says: Arch abbott Boniface Wemmer,
founder of the Benedictine Order in the
the United States. died at ST. Vincents
abbey, estmorelaud county, this
State, at 1910 O'clock this morning.
Deceased was born in Bavaria. in 1909,